Newfoundland and Labrador--Politics and government--1763-1855; Newfoundland and Labrador--History--1763-1855; Newfoundland and Labrador--Colonization

Carson, a Scottish doctor, immigrated to Newfoundland in 1808 and became one of the island's most famous political agitators. He wrote his first pamphlet in 1812, addressing it to British MPs and claiming that the colony was mismanaged and taken...

Newfoundland and Labrador--Description and travel; Newfoundland and Labrador--History--1763-1855; Newfoundland and Labrador--History--To 1763; Newfoundland and Labrador--Politics and government; Newfoundland and Labrador--Social life and customs

Bonnycastle wrote several books which described the provinces in which he served as an officer, and later commander, of the Royal Engineers. This particular work, which is comprised of two volumes, focuses on Newfoundland; Bonnycastle's aim was to...

Newfoundland and Labrador--Description and travel; Newfoundland and Labrador--History--1763-1855; Newfoundland and Labrador--History--To 1763; Newfoundland and Labrador--Politics and government; Newfoundland and Labrador--Social life and customs

Bonnycastle wrote several books which described the provinces in which he served as an officer, and later commander, of the Royal Engineers. This particular work, which is comprised of two volumes, focuses on Newfoundland; Bonnycastle's aim was to...

In writing these letters, leading Irish Catholic politician and merchant Patrick Morris had as his goal "to draw the attention of Her Majesty's Government to the anomalous position in which the British Fisheries of Newfoundland are placed, by the...